Oddbean new post about login | logout The conversation nobody wants to have is that the only business model which works for free products and services is advertising. (this includes affiliate marketing and other transactional fees) Closely related, when people have a free alternative vs a paid one, they will choose the free one. No amount of VC funding or grants will change this.
Mostly agree, but I do pay for ProtonMail and Google Workspace to be able to use custom domains for email and more storage in Drive The fundamental question in all of marketing is whether you have a value proposition 🤔 #grownostr nostr:nevent1qqs0ffz0692sfp6w2w4x35hftfjaxt39cm68jkjltcf3cmyf4583tfcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqzyrn2nf8c20jtr4pxadzdp3wmp87ug9ww2ylxvsgc73h4l7l2xpxtcqcyqqqqqqgjp06nx
Totally, freemium works when you have features or utilities people want. But if the base use case is social media it’s harder to provide a value add layer to “talk with other people on the internet”
If I were Facebook, I'd charge for custom URLs ... fb.com/username or username.fb.com ... 11 bucks a year Facebook is a graveyard of abandoned profiles, as are Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube
Absolutely, people will pay for some combo of personalization, vanity, scarcity etc… Gaming has proven this. This is also why I think the number one value prop for nostr is that you own your identity. All the time and money you spend on making it yours belongs to you. Value add services on top of this might disappear, but your profile still belongs to you.
I pay for domains, so why not social media URLs? People just fekkin squat on all the good ones
I have been yapping since morning that being able to use self-custody identity with the upcoming Damus Suite (email, calendar, drive etc) will be a huge hit